How L.A.'s Container Ship Logjam Highlights Larger Pandemic Supply-Chain Issues | WSJ

An average of 30 container ships a day have been stuck outside the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach just waiting to deliver their goods. The backlog is part of a global supply-chain mess spurred by the pandemic that means consumers could see delivery delays for weeks. Photo Composite: Adam Falk/The Wall Street Journal

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[threedirty]

I work at a warehouse in Texas and this DIRECTLY impacts us! Such a different time we’re in now!

[BKBarrister]

I flew out of LA a couple weeks ago back to NYC and as we rose and turned east around Long Beach and the port of LA I saw at least two dozen ships in the night lit up and I wondered why because it seemed weird to have so many anchored in the water. So interesting to hear about this

[abdulllkhan]

Everywhere I go I see Evergreen containers.

[Wesrl]

If shipping cost are going to keep going up at some point building new factories in the United States might become viable again

[lorenzomoore]

This is what we get for moving manufacturing from the USA and moving abroad to save money.

[damiantoth]

If we made it more attractive for companies to manufacture in the US, this wouldn't have been much of an issue.

[barnacles]

This is why ANYTHING you buy should be American made if at all possible.

[yt.personal.identification]

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[leea]

Fun fact: Things that are made in the USA don't get stuck on cargo ships.

[DEMediaDrive]

One big solution: quit buying. I'm trying to become as minimalist as possible. Getting only what I need not what I want.

[markmyjak]

Covid 19 coupled with AB5 destroyed the ability of truck drivers to work as private contractors. Add on more emission rules on trucks, just makes it hard to move goods.

[laurenwood]

This is proof positive that America needs to start manufacturing goods here again.

[sl]

As if I don’t see enough peloton ads... B*llcrap

[larrydean]

Let’s tell a few more lies. Way over half of the trucks on the roads in the US are not allowed to pickup in California. They passed laws stopping them. From a driver, unless I have a military load coming out, I run empty to get out. Don’t blame this on Covid!

[Ash-nzhi]

We do not have these back ups at the Port of Houston. Maybe because we like to work in Texas and our local government isn’t restricting business and commerce with excessive rules and regulations to stop Covid.

[laerpearce]

It’s also the trucks. The Green Ports initiative created by clean air and GHG reduction regulations and litigation require “clean trucks.” There aren’t enough of them and they are more expensive, so that results in bottlenecks and higher costs.

[billstapleton]

One of the problems, created recently was the passing of a law in California affecting Independent Truck drivers. California in it's liberal wisdom passed a law in May that requires Independent Truck Drivers to have a contract with the company they haul for. A contract that includes employee benefits. Now while this is nice, most independent truckers do not want to be told who they can and can not haul for. The total number of Independent Truck drivers in California exceeds 75, 000 That is a lot of cargo not being hauled because of California's law

[michaelb]

Interesting - how much this lockdown has impacted people's spending habits. Just because they're at home [mostly] they buy things they'd never buy on a normal day!

[travelandsea]

Just saw this on a flight to Hilton Head. There were at least 15 to 20 cargo ships off the coast of South Carolina just a few days ago.

[jayspot]

I work at a furniture store and people constantly complain about shipping delays and shipping charges. they should watch this and learn little before complaining